Tammy Peterson, a cancer survivor, podcast host, and wife of Dr. Jordan Peterson, was on the fifth day of praying a novena to Opus Dei founder St. Josemaria Escriva when she experienced a miraculous healing from cancer. She expects to enter the Catholic Church next Easter. (Sheila Nonato photo)
By Sheila Nonato Tammy Peterson is a truth-teller and a truth-seeker. Peterson, 62, is a cancer survivor and host of The Tammy Peterson Podcast that delves into issues such as faith through a counter-cultural lens. Her podcast’s subtle artwork borrows from Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam, which famously illustrates the fingers of God and man almost touching....
Catholic media tycoon and philanthropist Jimmy Lai is pictured in Hong Kong May 29, 2020. Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller and nine other Catholic leaders from around the world are calling on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government to release the pro-democracy activist from prison. (CNS photo/Tyrone Siu, Reuters)
Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller is among a group of 10 Catholic leaders from around the world this week who called upon the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to release prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and Catholic Jimmy Lai, who has been imprisoned there for nearly three years. Noting the situation in...
Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 18. At the end of his general audience, the Pope said Oct. 27 will be a day of penance for the cause of peace in the world. (Vatican Media)
Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Holy Land, Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting on Friday, Oct. 27. At the end of his general audience on Oct. 18, Pope Francis said the 27th will be “a day of penance to which I invite sisters and brothers of the various...
A crowd gathers at the Vancouver Art Gallery for Sunday’s Free the Hostages rally. Archbishop Miller sent a message of prayer and support. (Archdiocese of Vancouver photo)
A crowd gathers at the Vancouver Art Gallery for Sunday’s Free the Hostages rally. Archbishop Miller sent a message of prayer and support. (Archdiocese of Vancouver photo)
Chaplains across Canada are discouraged by a directive banning prayer from Remembrance Day services.
A pilgrim prays on the steps outside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Oct. 10. A group of St. Nicholas pilgrims from Langley who were about to leave for Israel had to make a last-minute decision whether to continue with a truncated trip or stay home. (Debbie Hill/OSV News/BC Catholic)
As anxiety and frustration grow among Canadians trying to get out of war-mobilized Israel, Maria Moreno is grateful she isn’t one of them.
Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller at the Synod of Bishops in Rome, where he issued a statement condemning last week’s attacks on Israel. On Thursday the Canadian bishops issued a statement calling for a de-escalation of violence and urging leaders to seek lasting peace (CNS Photo/Vatican Media via The B.C. Catholic)
Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller and the Canadian bishops both released statements concerning the recent violence in Israel, with Archbishop Miller “unequivocally” condemning Saturday’s attack by Hamas and the bishops calling for prayers for peace and a de-escalation of violence. In a message to Vancouver’s Jewish community on Monday, Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller “unequivocally...
Speaking after the Angelus prayer on Sunday, Pope Francis said he is following “with apprehension and sorrow,” the latest news from Israe. Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller sent a message of prayer and support to Vancouver’s Jewish community. He is attending the Synod of Bishops in Rome. (Vatican News photo via The B.C. Catholic)
In a message to Vancouver’s Jewish community, Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller “unequivocally condemned” Saturday’s attack on Israel, calling it an offence against moral and international law. Commenting from Rome where he is attending the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, the Archbishop said Monday the news about “the Hamas incursion into Israel is devastating.” The...
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The University of Alberta has closed an endowment fund and returned its donation to the family of a man who fought with a Nazi unit during the Second World War. The university’s Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is returning the $30,000 to the family of Yaroslav Hunka, the 98-year-old man at the centre of a...
Catholic Register publisher Peter Stockland had some uncommon advice for his journalism students attending a new course aimed at developing Catholic journalists. “You’re there to observe, not to be an activist, but not just to be an observer, either. As you meet your deadline, you will have to faithfully produce for an audience what you...
